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Black Holes Associated With Impaired Cognition in MS
Key clinical point: Evaluating black holes as part of routine clinical practice could be a quick method for screening people with MS for referral to a comprehensive cognitive assessment.
Major finding: Mean Symbol Digit Modalities Test score was 49.0 in patients without a black hole and 42.9 in patients with at least one black hole.
Study details: A prospective study of 226 patients with MS.
Disclosures: The investigators had no disclosures and conducted their study without financial support.
Citation:
Özakbas S et al. CMSC 2019, Abstract IMG02.